Chaul

Chaul is a historic town located in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India.

Ptolemy in his Geography of India calls the town Symullla or Timulla.

[1][2] The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea mentions that it was a market south of Kalliena (Calliana).

Even Portuguese explorer and writer Duarte Barbosa conceded the fame of Chaul for cotton materials.

[4] The city was annexed by the Maratha Empire in 1740, being ruled by the Angre family and then was conquered from them by the British EIC.

Fortress of Chaul
Old Map of Chaul